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1856 people on 160 teams have walked a total of 17,846 miles (averaging 9.6 miles each)
0.7 trips around the world

Starting in early February, anyone can register for the Walking Challenge through this website as a Team Leader or Team Member.

As Team Leader, you register first and create a team. You can then invite others to become Team Members and join your team. The Team Leader should be someone who can help motivate your team during the challenge and possibly organize group activities. Leaders can email all Team Members through the website. During the Walking Challenge, you enter group walks for your team (including Offline Members—see below) on the Group Walk page and your own individual walks on your personal page. All miles are added to your team's total.

Team Members can join any established team after registering on the website. You will be able to create a weekly goal, log your miles and view the progress of your own team, as well as see how you rank against other teams.

Online Team Members are those with regular internet access who can log on and enter in their own miles. They will receive emails from their Team Leader and the Shape Up SF Walking Challenge Administrator. All Online Team Members can view the progress of their teammates. If you wish to hide your personal progress from your teammates, make sure to register as "anonymous." Your miles will still contribute to your team’s total.

Offline Team Members are people without regular internet access. They are still welcome to join a team and contribute weekly exercise to the team’s total, but the Team Leader will enter their miles. Offline Team Members must regularly report their miles to their Team Leader. Check out the Resources and Tools page to print out forms that will help Offline Members track their miles on paper.

Be a Team Leader

Register yourself as a Team Leader
Register your Walking Challenge team. If you register as a Team Leader you will automatically be taken to a page to register your new team. If you decide not to create a team during your registration, a link to Create a Team will appear when you sign in. Team Leaders can only create one team each.
You will be sent an email confirmation of your team’s registration that you can forward to others, inviting them to join the team. Alternatively, you can invite online members directly from the website by supplying their email addresses. People can also go directly to the website to register themselves and join your team (as long as they know the Team Name).
Add names of Offline Team Members (those without internet access) you will track as Team Leader. You will be responsible for inputting their miles for your team.
As necessary, you can email all registered Online Team Members through the Walking Challenge Website to communicate events, schedule walks, offer encouragement, and remind teammates to log their miles.

Be an Online Team Member (with regular internet access)

First, check to see if your business, worksite, or youth program has started a Walking Challenge Team by clicking on the All Teams page. If not, you can register to be the Team Leader or find someone who would like to take that role for your team.
If you have regular internet access, please register yourself as a Team Member and choose the team you would like to be on from the drop-down menu on the registration page. If you received an email invitation from the Team Leader, it should include a link that will take you to the registration page with the proper team already selected. If you have not received an email invitation from a specific team, you can check the All Teams page to find the team you are trying to join. Teams are listed by Team Name and Organization.
If you are not sure what team to join, feel free to join one of the Rec and Park teams in your neighborhood. You can change your team later if necessary.
Log in and add miles as often as possible to contribute to your team’s total. You will be able to monitor your teammates’ progress as well.

Be an Offline Team Member

If you do not have regular internet access, you are still welcome to join a Walking Challenge Team.

Contact the Team Leader of the team you wish to join to become an Offline Team Member. You cannot do join on your own.
The Team Leader will add you to the team as an Offline Team Member. As an Offline Team Member you can walk with the team or on your own.
Track your miles using our downloadable Activity Tracking Form on the Resources and Tools page. You cannot enter your own miles using the website. Submit your miles to your Team Leader, who will input miles for you on the website. All your miles will contribute to the Team’s total.

Be an Team Director

If you are a Team Leader who needs to correspond with more than one team, you can become a Team Director. Each team will still have their own Team Leader, but this will allow one person to send out updates and announcements to multiple teams. This works best for workplaces, schools or programs with more than one team.

You must email shapeup@dcyf.org with your name and the names of the Teams you want to direct in order to become a Team Director.